The core

by **Xena** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 9:28 pm

Yes, LofE. In a bigger, abstract sense, I guess. I love lolcats bc their popularity says something about several very basic human urges. The urge to congregate around an anthropomorphized creature to reassure ourselves that there is order in our seemingly chaotic world. The urge to laugh at those urges when they become counterproductive, among others urges.

Goodbye "anomie". Hello lolcats "as a symbol of our *Aquarian* society"

As long as there are lolcats and cries of *squee* all around, I can rest assured that my fellow human beings aren't as f**ked up and dangerous as I sometimes think they are

Tiny Mad Kitty just looks like s/he's squinting to me, but the image was obviously worthy of being a proverbial canvas for somebody's Conflict&Redemption Narrative.

Anyway, I'm trying not to jack your thread. Antisocials probably don't (or rarely) relate to cats this way, right?

Don't worry about it. This isn't "my" thread. I just asked the original question that started the thread.
I'm sure some antisocials love cats, others hate cats, and still others couldn't care less either way. I don't think "dislike of cats" has yet made it into the DSM as a diagnosic criterion for the disorder, lol.

-- Fri Aug 10, 2012 9:37 pm --

Also, that's the most philosophical analysis of photoshopped cat pictures that I've ever read.

by **wooster** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 9:48 pm

Xena wrote:Goodbye "anomie". Hello lolcats "as a symbol of our *Aquarian* society"

LOL is that a latter-day paraphrase of Aesop's Johnny Town-Mouse, an allegory of the age-old urban vs. arcadian debate? :lol:

by **Xena** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 9:52 pm

Well I've just learned something.

The books I've read always list animal mutilation as common with individuals who demonstrate other sociopathic/psychopathic tendencies. They don't always do this, but it's common, according to the textbooks.

The impulse is supposed to be less common in antisocials on the less extreme (high functioning? I don't really like that term) end of the spectrum.

Textbook authors are often biased, tho. You should see some of the crap floating around about ADD (my diagnosis) According to them, I should be spinning in circles like Taz and addicted to I couldn't even finish reading what :lol:

by **Xena** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 10:03 pm

Wooster wrote:

LOL is that a latter-day paraphrase of Aesop's Johnny Town-Mouse, an allegory of the age-old urban vs. arcadian debate?

LofE wrote:

Also, that's the most philosophical analysis of photoshopped cat pictures that I've ever read.

That's my spin on Emile Durkheim. I'm not sure which school of thought I'm borrowing from to flip that around. Existentialist? Postmodern? Absurdist? I zoned out a lot in philosophy class. My spin on Anselm and Aquinas made my very religious philosophy prof's head turn purple.

Btw, unlike Anselm and Aquinas, I think Durkheim might get a chuckle out of my reading of the key points of his work. At least I hope he would. I admire his contribution to his field. The man was a pioneer, and his methods were radical for their time. They are the foundation on which the field of sociology stands.

by **Misanthropic** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 3:09 am

I think my "talisman" is the same as my "core." Idea of only being a consciousness, pure and uninhibited.

by **MacBuddhaBurger** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 5:42 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP6xPNVB6XY

by **madjoe** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 12:50 pm

Glibness/superficial charm
Grandiose sense of self-worth
Pathological lying
Cunning/manipulative
Lack of remorse or guilt
Shallow affect (genuine emotion is short-lived and egocentric)
Callousness; lack of empathy
Failure to accept responsibility for own actions

Factor 2: Case history "Socially deviant lifestyle".
Need for stimulation/proneness to boredom
Parasitic lifestyle
Poor behavioral control
Lack of realistic long-term goals
Impulsivity
Irresponsibility
Juvenile delinquency
Early behavior problems
Revocation of conditional release

Traits not correlated with either factor
Promiscuous sexual behavior
Many short-term (marital) relationships
Criminal versatility
and if you won't find it in ther go look in the dsm all the cluster B trades

by **madjoe** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 1:38 pm

my core is i'm a manipulative selfish basterd with a god complex

by **MacBuddhaBurger** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 6:19 pm

madjoe wrote:my core is i'm a manipulative selfish basterd with a god complex

Hmmmm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJUhlRoBL8M

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